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The Daphni Monastery fell into decline after it was sacked by Frankish crusaders in 1205. The region became part of the Duchy of Athens under Othon de la Roche. Othon gave the Daphni Monastery to the Cistercian Abbey of Bellevaux, [4] who added their own cloister and twin pointed arches in the Gothic style to the façade of the church. The ...
1184 – Construction of the Almohad mosque begun [24] 1198 – Completion of the mosque [25] [24] 1248 – Conquest of Seville by Ferdinand III, the mosque Christianized [26] 1356 and 1362 – Two earthquakes destroy minaret, replaced by bell gable [25] 1401 – (8 July [27]) Decision made to replace former mosque [12] 1402 – Nave begun- SW ...
Great Mosque of Seville Seville: Andalusia: 1248 Only minaret remains. Mosque comparable in size to Great mosque of Cordoba, destroyed by earthquake in 1365. Minaret used as a church bell tower was built higher in 16th century. [1] Mosque of Cuatrovitas Bollullos de la Mitación: Seville: Andalusia: 1180 15th century
Dafni also refers to the Daphni Monastery, located here; Dafni, Boeotia, part of the municipal unit of Dervenochori, Boeotia; Dafni, Corfu, part of the municipal unit of Agios Georgios, Corfu; Dafni, Corinthia, part of the municipality of Nemea, Corinthia; in Elis: Dafni, Amaliada, part of the municipal unit of Amaliada
Most of the other mosques of the city were converted into churches, but Santa María la Blanca, Santa Cruz, and San Bartolome were left to the Jews for synagogues. The cathedral originated in the great mosque which was the work of the emirs who built the Aljama mosque, rebuilt in 1171 by the Almohad emir, Yusuf-ben Yacub.
The Ibn Adabbas Mosque, originally the main congregational mosque of the city, was built in 830. (It was later converted and rebuilt into the present-day Church of San Salvador.) [32] [33] It is believed to have been the second-oldest mosque in al-Andalus, after the Great Mosque of Cordoba (founded in 785). [34]
The Giralda (Spanish: La Giralda [la xiˈɾalda]) is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain. [1] It was built as the minaret for the Great Mosque of Seville in al-Andalus, during the reign of the Almohad dynasty, with a Renaissance-style belfry added by the Catholics after the expulsion of the Muslims from the area.
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